Luiza Erundina Explained

Office:Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Term Start:1 February 1999
Office2:Mayor of São Paulo
Term Start2:1 January 1989
Term End2:1 January 1993
1Blankname2:Vice Mayor
1Namedata2:Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh
Predecessor2:Jânio Quadros
Successor2:Paulo Maluf
Office1:Secretary of the Federal Administration
Term Start1:28 February 1993
Term End1:20 May 1993
President1:Itamar Franco
Predecessor1:Osiris de Azevedo Lopes Filho
Successor1:Romildo Canhim
Office3:State Deputy of São Paulo
Term Start3:15 March 1987
Term End3:1 January 1989
Office4:City Councillor of São Paulo
Term Start4:15 March 1983
Term End4:15 March 1986
Birth Date:30 November 1934
Birth Place:Uiraúna, Paraíba, Brazil
Party:PSOL (2016–present)
Alma Mater:Federal University of Paraíba
Profession:Social worker

Luiza Erundina de Sousa (pronounced as /pt/; November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian politician, born in Uiraúna, a small city in the interior of the Brazilian state of Paraíba.

Political history

From 1980 to 1997, she was affiliated with the PT party (Workers’ Party). In 1997, she changed to the PSB party. Due to disagreements within PSB that decided to support the impeachment process against president Dilma Rousseff, Erundina switched to party PSOL in March 2016.[1]

Erundina served on the São Paulo city council from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1988 she was a state deputy for the state of São Paulo. She was São Paulo's mayor from 1989 to 1992, and is currently a federal deputy from São Paulo. She was re-elected in 2002 and again in 2006, in 2010, in 2014 and in 2018.

In the 2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Erundina ran as the vice mayoral candidate of Guilherme Boulos, also of PSOL.

Education

Erundina was born to a very poor family. Notwithstanding the obstacles, she managed to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Social Service from Federal University of Paraíba. She also holds a Master's degree in Sociology from University of São Paulo.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erundina se filia ao PSOL, critica Dilma, mas é contra impeachment. 2016-03-14. O Globo. pt-BR. 2016-04-28.